We knew it was coming. New gun control legislation is in the works and has now been passed in the House of Representatives.

The House of Representatives passed multiple proposals on June 8, including the “Protecting Our Kids” Act, a Democrat-sponsored comprehensive gun restriction package. The bill will now be sent to the Senate, where it is almost certain to fail to pass due to the filibustering threshold of 60 votes.

The measure’s final vote in the Democrat-majority chamber was preceded by a series of motions to save various provisions of the bill; each piece was eventually kept, and the bill was sent to the Senate by a vote of 223-204. Five Republicans voted in favor of the bill, while two Democrats opposed it.

The proposal was broken up into multiple pieces and confirmed in bipartisan votes; it includes a number of previously introduced gun control bills.

The first part of the new legislation will ban the sale of any semi-automatic rifle or semi-automatic centerfire shotgun to anyone under the age of 21. Along with that would also be the banning of magazines that exceed 5 rounds.

Another piece of the legislation would be codifying the ban of bump stocks. This is currently a ban that was imposed by the Department of Justice which if I’m not mistaken, President Trump actually approved of while he was in the White House.

Additionally, the legislation would ban “ghost guns” which would include 3D-printed weapons and components without a serial number.

The bill is likely going to fail in the Senate thanks to the filibuster, but honestly, it might not pass anyway. There are still some Democrats who voted against the bill in the House, so it’s possible that some, like Joe Manchin, would vote against it in the Senate as well. We’ll soon see.

Sources:
The Epoch Times